The DRS Wildcats and Hustle & Heart each won their four games as they took the boys and girls titles at the Auburn Experience Tournament in Alabama.
The tournament and Shabbaton was organized by NCSY to celebrate this summer’s trip to Israel by the Auburn men’s basketball team and its coach Bruce Pearl.
The boys MVP was Isaac Solomon after he scored 20 points to lead the Wildcats to a 71-26 win over Katz YHS in the final. Naomi Sigman was the girls MVP. Hustle & Heart beat HAFTR 56-18 to win the title.
Preliminary Games
Boys
Kushner 32 Beren Houston 28
Coby Brand scored 11 points to lead the Cobras. Johnny Katz led the Stars with 18 points.
DRS 44 HAFTR 27
A long way to travel to play your neighbor. Stephen Olshin led the Wildcats with 11 points.
Katz YHS 68 Beren 6
Judah Pardau scored 20 points, Ashir Rosen had 17 and Yuval Ovaknin added 10 for the Storm.
DRS 40 Kushner 10
Stephen Olshin had 10 points for the Wildcats.
Katz YHS 43 HAFTR 31
Yuval Ovaknin led the Storm with 10 points. Noah Freundlich had 11 for the Hawks.
GIRLS
Central 48 Kohelet 7
Eliana Leitner scored 18 points and Laura Nagler added 14 for the Wildcats.
Hustle & Heart 59 Kushner 5
Daphna Steinmetz’s 20 points led four players in double figures for Hustle & Heart. Sari Gross added 16 points, Naomi Sigman had 12 and Simona Goldberg scored 10.
HAFTR 25 Kohelet 11
Hustle & Heart 42 Central 18
Naomi Sigman and Sari Gross each scored 11 points for Hustle & Heart and Simona Goldberg added 10.
HAFTR 38 Kushner 9
Play-in Games
BOYS
#4 HAFTR 36 #5 Beren Houston 19
Sam Siri led the Hawks with 10 points. Ryan Miller had 13 for the Stars.
GIRLS
Kohelet 32 Kushner 30 OT
Barbara Sasson led the Kings with 13 points and Allison Bender added 11.
SEMIFINALS
BOYS
DRS 54 Kushner 17
Aiden Buchbinder scored 18 points and Stephen Olshin added 12 for the Wildcats.
Katz YHS 55 HAFTR 38
Yuval Ovaknin had 14 points for the Storm, Judah Pardau added 12 and Ashi Rosen scored 10. Sam Siri and Jacob Zwiebel each had 10 for the Hawks.
GIRLS
#1 Hustle & Heart 67 #4 Kohelet 11
Daphna Steinmetz led Hustle & Heart with 24 points.
#2 HAFTR 44 #3 Central 32
Elisabeth Gurtman led the Hawks with 15 points. Eliana Leitner had 13 points for the Wildcats.
FINALS
BOYS
DRS 71 Katz YHS 26
Isaac Solomon scored 20 points to lead four players in double figures as the Wildcats raised their season record to 9-0. Ari Saffra added 16 points, Stephen Olshin had 14 and Alex Millstone scored 13.
GIRLS
Hustle & Heart 56 HAFTR 18
Daphna Steinmetz scored 19 points and Naomi Sigman and Sari Gross each added 13 points.